because just because they want nigger to mean something different it doesnt the way it is bandied about the african american community is not empowering it still perpetuates a negative stereotype as for bitch just because some women call each other bitch thinking it is empowering doesnt automatically change its meaning people still use it to cut women down to attack and demean powerful women and to describe less than desirable behaviour why cant we demand that people not use bitch to describe a powerful woman why must we reclaim words instead of using the words that are appropriate such as capable talented powerful confident driven ambitious